MUSE Ltd.: male

male

male

noun A persona in the game which is of the masculine gender. Some humanoid mobiles are also males. In order to avoid possible trauma, most real-life male players behave as though all the other players were real-life heterosexual males, a situation to the liking of many female players who are happy to avoid the hassles they would get if it were known that they were real females. NB: this is in the UK, where despite the fact that 50% of personae are female, only around 10% of players are; in the USA, around 40% of players are real females, so a lot more flirting goes on between the sexes. These figures have held true for many years, despite the increasing penetration of Internet awareness among the general population. See female, real female.